Empire of the air
Subtitle: aviation and the American ascendancy
By: Jenifer Van Vleck
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780674050945
Subjects: Inc Pan American World Airways; Globalization; Aeronautics and state; Commercial Aeronautics; Foreign relations; History
Other titles: Aviation and the American ascendancy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the logic of the air; title: The Americanization of the airplane; title: Good neighbors are close neighbors; title: Global visions, national interests; title: "America's lifeline to Africa"; title: From open door to open sky; title: Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War; title: The jet age and the limits of American power; title: Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall".